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Mexican Officials Call For Call Of Juarez: The Cartel Ban

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by Jeff Cork on February 20, 2011 at 05:16 PM
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Mexican officials are calling for a ban on Ubisoft's upcoming shooter Call of Juarez: The Cartel, saying that the game trivializes the area's very real problems with drug-related murders. The legislative body of Chuhuahua State, where Ciudad Juarez is located, unanimously approved a request to Mexico's Interior Department to keep the game from being released in the country. According to the Associated Press, approximately 6,000 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez in 2009 and 2010.

Call of Juarez: The Cartel shifts the series' timeline from the 1800s to a more contemporary setting, equating the current situation with drug crime to that of a modern-day Wild West.

"It is true there is a serious crime situation, which we are not trying to hide," Ricardo Boone Salmon, a congressman for Chihuahua state, told the AP. "But we also should not expose children to this kind of scenarios so that they are going to grow up with this kind of image and lack of values."

Ubisoft could not be reached for comment.

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  • by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:20 PM
    I think growing up around it is going to affect them way more than any video game could.
  • by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:23 PM
    Which is why this game isn't rated E. If your only argument is the children, shut up.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:26 PM
    They shouldn't let their kids grow up with this image but yet they are growing up with it all around them IRL. They can get together to ban a video game but not to overthrow their drug lords. Fancy that.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:26 PM

    Saw this debate coming a mile away.  At least it's too late for Mexican officials to say the game caused it's children to murder, sell drugs, hang people from bridges, shoot police officers, kidnap each other for ransom....

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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:32 PM

    BWAHAHAHAHAAHAH! That was a good laugh. Ugh, bureaucracy at it's finest folks.

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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:46 PM
    They just wanted to make headlines...
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:52 PM
    I'm not even gonna bother responding to Salmon's comment. It's just... stupid.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 05:58 PM
    Who gives good God *** what Mexico thinks? They just don't want anyone bringing attention to the fact their government is run by the drug cartel.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:07 PM
    banbanbanbanbanbanbanbanbanbanbanbanbanbanbanban
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:10 PM

    Free speech LOL

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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:32 PM
    AHHHH!!!!! I'm tired of this bull already. With these people. VIDEO GAMES DO NOT DO ANYTHING BUT ENTERTAIN. What does this game have to do with the town of Juarez. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!
    Do these officials really think that this game will make the kids drug lords??? Murderers??? HEELLLLOO!!!!!!!!! It's already happening... way before video games ever exsisted.
    Why don't you waste valuable words against what's happening. Why don't we just ban cable television in general. Violence, rape, and murder is being watched everyday on TV. ESPECIALLY DRUGS!!! Why don't officials stand up against these violent police shows. But NO!. It won't happen, because these cop (played by the actor) are the good guys. So it's ok for the image of a police officer to draw out his gun and shoot the bad guy, because the cop is the good guy? WRONG!!!!!! It's still violence.
    Why don't officials protest the violent movies coming out in thearters, like that action chick flick "Sucker Punch". There's extreme violence in that. But NO!!! Won't happen because it's a movie. It's supposed to be not real. Than what are video games?
    To put it in as simple words as I can... It's CARTOONS. Controlled cartoons!!!!!
    Ever since Mortal Kombat in 1992 video games have been on the cutting board for the media.
    But let me make a 50/50 prediction. The new Mortal Kombat will be on the cutting board. Bulletstorm is on the cutting board now. Duke Nukem will be on the cutting board for the explit sexual content and language it may have. There will be a slew of video games on the cutting board for the media to bash.
  • by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:35 PM

    1) a couple of these comments are from people who didnt even read the article

    2) i can understand them wanting to ban it, but its not even going to help.

  • by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:36 PM

    children playing this? i doubt it. its an adult gaming world now

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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:36 PM
    Mexico needs its own version of robocop
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:43 PM
    I'm tired of this "violent video games children" crap. I'm calling it a day.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:44 PM
    Yet agian a polatition doesn't realize M stands for Mature and thinks it stands for Minors. Its really getting pathetic that they can't read, I mean how else can they explain not seeing the word MATURE writen right underneath the giant M.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:45 PM
    Yet agian a polatition doesn't realize M stands for Mature and thinks it stands for Minors. Its really getting pathetic that they can't read, I mean how else can they explain not seeing the word MATURE writen right underneath the giant M.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:45 PM
    "should not expose children"? the game is obviously going to be rated M so children shouldn't be exposed to it anyway...but then again it is mexico
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:49 PM
    6,000 people? Remind me not to visit Ciudad Juarez anytime soon.
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    by Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 06:55 PM
    You know what, this is the first time I actually AGREE with the banning of a videogame. I've been to chihuahua, and it is *** brutal down there. They should not have the game available down there if it glorifies the cruelty and heartlessness of those people. I mean, killing children, public executions, uploading be headings to youtube and rape rampant. It's just sickening. I guarantee people are going to criticize me, calling me retarded and a bad person for saying that. Yeah, I'm a mexican(Like I don't get enough crap on call of duty for it) and I'm okay with this. (

    Edit: after doing some math in the article, in 2009-2010 alone about 8 people were murdered PER DAY in Juarez, and that's just for those accounted for. That and the cartels down there, the big one being Los Zetas, have MILITARY TRAINING AND WEAPONRY. Some of them were in the mexican army, and thus received US military training, they then left and joined Los Zetas and passed their knowledge around. Meaning you have small *** armies down there that rival the Mexican army's power.
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